A worker who stole £1,300 from his employer to fund a gambling addiction has been sentenced to 12 weeks jail time. Oliver Bassett handed himself to the police after failing to arrive for work at a key cutting business in Cardiff.

The parish at a Cardiff Church found that they had a guardian angel on their side this week in the form of a local electrical firm, following repairs to a broken organ whereby the tradesmen refused to accept any payment.

Who said hedgehog populations are in decline in Britain? A recent survey conducted by the RPSB called ‘Make your nature count’ has indicated that our prickly little friends are regular visitors to approximately a fifth of gardens in Wales alone. It would appear that hedgehogs that were traditionally found in rural countryside seem to be migrating into the towns and cities as almost a third of people living in urban areas such as Cardiff, Newport and Swansea frequently see hedgehogs in their gardens.